Carbon Capture, Use and Storage Hubs and Technologies Program – Technologies Stream

Applicants had to be an eligible entity with an active Australian Business Number, be non-tax-exempt, and be registered for GST. Eligible entity types included an entity incorporated in Australia and a trading corporation, a foreign corporation, an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust where the trustee is also a trading, financial or foreign corporation, an Australian State or Territory government agency or body, or an authority of the Commonwealth such as CSIRO. Trading corporations needed sufficiently significant trading activities. Ineligible applicants included organisations on the National Redress Scheme non-participation list, employers of 100 or more employees that had not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, income tax exempt entities, individuals, partnerships, unincorporated associations, and trusts unless applying through an incorporated trustee. Joint applications were allowed with an eligible lead organisation. Projects had to be located in Australia, completed by 30 April 2031, and show at least $2 million in eligible project expenditure. Projects had to focus on researching, developing or commercialising carbon capture and storage technologies, researching, developing or commercialising CO2 utilisation technologies, or completing feasibility and geological studies into new potential CO2 storage locations. Only one application could be submitted per applicant for each focus area. Applications also needed evidence of board or CEO support, evidence of capacity to fund the applicant share of project costs, and for foreign corporations, confirmation that the applicant and/or subcontractors were not on the DFAT Consolidated List.